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Graduate School. How To Succeed. Sobering Statistics. Women make up just 22% of tenured faculty at universities African-American only 3% Hispanics/Latinos only 2% Native Americans only 1% Asians only 4% First Generation Students only 12%.
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Graduate School How To Succeed
Sobering Statistics • Women make up just 22% of tenured faculty at universities • African-American only 3% • Hispanics/Latinos only 2% • Native Americans only 1% • Asians only 4% • First Generation Students only 12%
Problems Faced by Women, Minorities, and First Generation Students • Climate • Lack of Visibility • Lack of Role Models • Isolation • General Lack of Understanding of the Academic Game
Combating the Problem • Check out the university before you attend—Are there any support groups? • Learn assertive communication skills. • Find an advisor who will be honest with you. • Brag. • Work on mainstream as well as newer topics.
Differences Between Graduate and Undergraduate Education • Consumer to Producer of Knowledge • Indifferent Faculty • Emotional Suffering Is Good for You • Assertive Students • Timidity and Passivity Are Destructive • Responsible for Knowing Regulations
Different Attitudes • Use of the best methods is important • Accumulation of knowledge is its own reward • Academicians are connected
The Unwritten Rules of Graduate Study • Show no weaknesses • Sell yourself • Do not come empty-handed—No one will give you the degree. You have to take it! • Find shared research interests • Work in your field outside the academic semester
Unwritten Rules Continued • Find an expertise you can share with the semester • Realize the importance of self-management • Speak up • Read journals in your field • Begin presenting at conferences • Show respect
Unwritten Rules Continued • Connect with Professors • Avoid department politics • Never bad mouth a professor